Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Croatia, you would:
Health
live 1.5 years less
In Croatia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Guam, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.
Economy
make 54.3% more money
Croatia has a GDP per capita of $27,104 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
be 11.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Croatia, 5.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
Life
have 2.1 times more children
In Croatia, there are approximately 8.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In Croatia, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Guam, on the other hand, 11.5 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 97.8% less coastline
Croatia has a total of 5,835 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Infrastructure
find 93.8% less home broadband
Croatia has 29.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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Guam: At a glance
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